MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, May 8, 2003
Upon adjournment of the Senate
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Thursday, May 8, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at Austin,
Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Teel Bivins Senator Gonzalo
Barrientos
Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Kim Brimer Senator Royce West
Senator Robert Duncan Senator Tommy Williams
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Todd Staples
Senator John Whitmire
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The chair called the meeting to order at 2:19 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out CSSB 823 and recognized the author, Senator
Fraser, to explain the bill. The committee substitute was
adopted at a previous hearing. Senator Brimer moved that SB 823
do not pass but that CSSB 823 be reported back to the Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 10 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present
not voting, and 5 absent. Senator Janek moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 2:27 p.m. Senator Janek
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Teel Bivins, Chair
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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk